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Zoisite from
Townsville, Townsville Township, Vance County, North Carolina, USA


Classification
Species:Zoisite
Formula:(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zoisite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Townsville, Townsville Township, Vance County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:520905
Long-form Identifier:1:3:520905:7
GUID (UUID V4):8fd34e29-8d81-42db-b46a-359670df214f
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT NEAR TOWNSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA Wrlr,rau A. Wrrrre, Dioision of Mineral Resources, IVorthCarolina...Deparlmentof Conseraation and.Deaelopment, Raleigh,N orth Carolina. Arsrnecr The tungsten deposit near Townsvilie...economically significant tungsten deposits in Vance County, N. C., representsnot only the development of...was discoveredby Mr. Joseph Hamme of Oxford, North Carolina, and Mr. Richard H. Hamme of Virgilina, Virginia... It is located near the northwest corner of Vance County a short distance south of the Virginia State
Report (volume)
Geologic Setting of the Hamme Tungsten District North Carolina and Virginia GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN ... Prepared in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development, Division... Geologic Setting of the Hamme Tungsten District North Carolina and Virginia By JOHN M. PARKER 3o CONTRIBUTIONS...northeastern part of the Carolina slate belt. Prepared in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation...1. Geologic map of Hamme tungsten district, North Carolina and Virginia. 2. Generalized geologic map and
Report (issue)
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WILLIAM DIVISION JASPER P. OF L. SAUNDERS, MINERAL...RESOURCES GEOLOGIST Circular 16 LOCALITIES NORTH OF CAROLINA BY JAMES F. CONLEY Doc NC DENR LIBRARY...... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MINERAL COLLECTING IN NORTH CAROLINA , . . . . # . WHERE TO COLLECT f ... f ......THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ......... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 7 Emerald, Hiddenite and Associated Minerals
Journal (issue)
doublet using topaz. (5) A case is described where zoisite was mistaken for vesuvianite and lastly (6) a reputed...in the marbles in the Hunza valley in Pakistan, north-west of the Karakoram mountains of Kashmir. The...quality, occurs in veins east of Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia. The colour is caused by unidentified...complex of the Usagaran system of Late Archaean. Zoisite appears as a fissure-filling mineral in the graphite...formation of fissure-filling material. A part of the zoisite is formed as tanzanite. Amongst accompanying minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Science & Resource Engineering , 11 Julius Avenue, North Ryde, NSW, 2113, Australia c AGH-University of...Cook University, Advanced Analytical Centre , Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia e SPECIM, Spectral Imaging...Science & Resource Engineering, 11 Julius Avenue, North Ryde, NSW, 2113, Australia. 3 AGH-University of...Cook University, Advanced Analytical Centre, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia. 5 SPECIM, Spectral Imaging...Liebscher 2004). The composition of orthorhombic zoisite is close to the endmember component Ca2Al3Si3O12(OH)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
School of Earth Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia National Centre of Excellence... Osborne in the south and Selwyn-Starra in the north (Fig. 1). Metasedimentary rocks include pelites...The F2 fold axes are shallowly plunging to the north or NNE (Fig. 2c). In the ED, the S2 foliation is...intersection lineation is gently plunging to the north and NNE in the region (Fig. 2c). In the ED, macro...deformation event is characterized by mesoscopic north- and south-verging recumbent folds, F1 , with near-parallel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the tourmaline supergroup, vesuvianite, zircon, zoisite. Non-gemmologists may question the appropriateness...pallasite meteorites, gem benitoite from San Benito County California, and Colombian emeralds (for whose genesis...from the field of gemmology (spelled ‘gemology’ in North America) inevitably find their way into any discussion...spodumene, ‘tanzanite’ a gem variety of the mineral zoisite, and so on, including an abundance of informal...includes graphite. Parts of the tanzanite (gem zoisite) diggings at Merelani in northeast Tanzania have
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Oslo, Oslo, Norway 3 James Cook University, Townsville, Australia 4 LMU, Munich, Germany 5 Institut...precursor apatite were redistributed mainly into zoisite. Apatite shielded as inclusions in ilmenite and... ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT into a omphacite-kyanite-zoisite-white mica-quartz-garnet-rutile assemblage. Most...published values (Fisher et al. 2011; Foster and Vance, 2006; Hammerli et al. 2014; Yang et al. 2014; supplementary...published values (Fisher et al. 2011; Foster and Vance, 2006; Hammerli et al. 2014; Yang et al. 2014; supplementary
Report (issue)
Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist i ...FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian Institution (slide...viable mineral collecting sites through­ out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Environments & Societies James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia Correspondence Joel A...crosscut by a series of late-stage east–west and north–south trending faults. Skarn at Hera displays mineralogical...biotite–actinolite-rich associations, to central diopside-rich–zoisite–actinolite/ tremolite–grossular-bearing associations...dip of 80 west and an overall plunge of 020 north at its base. A single satellite lens (Kershaws lode)...orebody has been cut by a series of late-stage north-oriented faults striking between 005–015 and dipping
Report (issue)
.'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North CarOlina Department of Natural Resources and Community...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts a number of basic and...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist FRONT
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
School of Earth Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld, 4811 Australia d Géosciences Rennes (CNRS)...School of Earth Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld, 4811 Australia. Tel.: +61-7-4781-4775;...some typical eclogitic minerals (e.g., omphacite, zoisite, and kyanite), notably within undeformed quartz...al., 1996; Chen et al., 1998) were documented in North Dabie. Some granulite-facies mineral assemblages...abundant coesite and hydrous phases (e.g., talc, zoisite/epidote, 295 nyböite, and phengite) in eclogites;
Book (volume)
grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Balcooma Metamorphic Group, north-eastern Australia: a multidisciplinary approach...Environmental Science, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia (asghar.ali@upesh.edu.pk)...Metamorphic Group that borders the Precambrian of north-eastern Australia. REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND...BACKGROUND The Early Palaeozoic Greenvale Province, north Queensland, eastern Australia is divided into the...outcrop of this formation is exposed 2 km to the north-east of the  2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd EVOLUTION
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Australia 4 The Department of Earth Science...AIST, Tsukuba 3058567, Japan aBstract Donghai County in the Jiangsu Province of East China is known...in rutile, thermobarometer introduction Donghai County of Jiangsu Province in eastern China is well known...UHP metamorphic belt. geoLogicaL setting Donghai County is tectonically located within the Su-Lu UHP metamorphic...formed during the col- 965 lision between the North China plate and the Yangtze craton in the Triassic
Report (issue)
to as “ 30 miles from A,” “ 40 miles from B,” “ north-west of C.”; A, B, and C may all be in the same... Country between Pine Creek and Tanami. Bull. North. Terr., 14, 1915, pp. 1-19. Twelvetrees (W. H.)...Country between Pine Creek Newcastle Waters. Bull. North. Terr., 14, 1915, pp. 32-41. and . 7 1. LIST...Ihid., 41. Certain Mines and Mineral Fields in North Queensland. No. 222, 1910. Ihid., No. 232, 1911... 9 42b. The.Einasleigli Freehold Copper Mine, North Queensland. GeoL Suru. Q’land, Publication No. 246
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia b c a r t i c l e i n...replaced by aggregates of ïŹnegrained (b50 ÎŒm) zoisite, jadeitic clinopyroxene and quartz (FrĂŒhGreen,...quartz ribbons and composite bands of ïŹne-grained zoisite, phengite and jadeitic pyroxene (b50 ÎŒm). Quartz...breakdown reaction of plagioclase to form jadeite and zoisite (FrĂŒhGreen, 1994). However, petrographic evidence...645–661. Nagasaki, A., Enami, M., 1998. Sr-bearing zoisite and epidote in ultra-high pressure (UHP) metamorphic
Book
CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m...n t h e e a r l y 1840's i n b o t h N o r t h Carolina and Georgia. C r y s t a l s were recovered f
Report (issue)
Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina 1011 by Gwendolyn W. Luttrell 12 U.S. Geological... Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina Abstract Gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc,...barite, and rare-earths have been mined in North Carolina. Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals...occur with sulfides in vein|j deposits in Cabarrus County. 21 22 23 24 25- U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE:
Book (volume)
vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townï‚Ÿagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...CHEYENNE, DEUEL, GARDEN & KEITH COUNTIES AREA, between North and South Platte rivers and in all tributary branches
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
School of Earth Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Old, 4811, Australia. Fax: +61-(0)7-47251501...characterized by juxtaposition of the ca. 400 Ma North Qinling– North Tongbai metamorphic belt and the ca. 220...progressive sequence of metamorphic units, from south to north (Fig. 1): (a) the Mulanshan blueschist/ greenschist...suture is located between the ca. 400 Ma North-Qinling – North Tongbai (NQT) metamorphic belt and the ca...sample (95HN08) was collected at Hujiawan, ca. 5 km north of Xiongdian. It consists of garnet (30%), clinopyroxene
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia (tim.bell@jcu.edu.au) ABSTRACT...growth, quantitatively separated using FIAs (e.g. Vance & Mahar, 1998; Evans, 2004; Tinkham & Ghent, 2005;...calculations considered the following phases: chlorite, zoisite, muscovite, plagioclase, biotite, garnet, staurolite...garnet-core isopleths (e.g. XAlm, XGr, XSp) in P–T space (Vance & Mahar, 1998; Evans, 2004; Tinkham & Ghent, 2005;...(Sanislav & Shah, 2010) and in the Lower Palaeozoic of North East Queensland (Ali, 2010). Was the effect of bulk
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA (neal.1@nd.edu) 2 Institute of Meteoritics, Dept...Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, NM 87131, USA (cshearer@unm.edu) Volcanic glass beads returned...Physics, Univ. California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, USA. (hhuber@ucla.edu) Refractory lithophile elements...California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA (swdeore@ucdavis.edu) 2 Advanced Light Source, Lawrence...National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA Akaganeite is believed to exist primarily in the
Report (issue)
C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Group Pistacitc Clinozoisite (Withamite) Zoisite (Ferian zoisite) Thulite (Saussurite) Perrieritc Orthite...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com­ mon rock-making materials
 
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